Your "get ready" check list. : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:08 pm

There is a Costco within a block of the store I preordered the game...

Might grab something Pizza or Shrimp Wontons Soup.

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:00 am

There is a Costco within a block of the store I preordered the game...

Might grab something Pizza or Shrimp Wontons Soup.

the ULTIMATE "get ready for game" store!

and this is really odd.. my gamestop is exactly one block from my costco as well.. hmmm

cheers
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» Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:10 am

Homework - DONE

other than watch House and The Event before 10 PM, im ready to go. i got snacks and whatnot in my kitchen, im goood.

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:47 am

~~-get food and SODA!~~
Stay up until 12-WORK IN PROGGRESS

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:18 am

[x]Confirm Midnight Release w/ Gamestop
[x]Stay up extra late so I'll be able to play after the midnight release.
[x]Sleep in as late as possible.(2:00pm).
[x]Make a pot of Coffee in the morning.
[x]Troll the forums...
[x]Fill up the gas tank for my car (thanks OP I would have forgotten and wouldn't be able to get the game :sadvaultboy:
[x]Troll the forums...
[x]Have a Dinner/Food/Drink Plan
[x]Re-Watch all Dev Diaries. (6/6 done)
[x]Troll the forums...
[x]Re-Watch last 2 episodes of Band of Brothers.
[x]Troll the forums...
[ ]Wait until 11:00pm

*Time is actually going by pretty fast for me. :goodjob:

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:35 pm

Tomorrow off site job training till 3:00 est

3:05 drive 85 mph to get home

3:25 rush to mailbox

3:26 play game

Wed

7:30 call in sick (working on my coughing as I type)

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:24 am

1. Call gamestop to confirm midnight release (DONE; no reason to come up with the rest of the list if theyre not open)

2. Make it through the next hour at work (pending)

3. Go home and sleep until 10:30 (pending...may be difficult)

4. Wake up and drive to store to "check in" and get my number.

5. Leave store for a healthy fast food dinner (healthy may be hard at that time of the night...do fish tacos from Del Taco count?)

6. back to store to pick up copy of the BEST GAME EVER!!!

7. Home to play for a few hours before catching some sleep before work Tuesday (a few hours...god I hope Im not up until work tomorrow)

Good luck everyone, and HAPPY GAMING!!!

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:36 am

Turn off the phone and all contact from the outside... will happen at 12.

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:17 am

all I need is the copy, got everything else

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:58 am

Stocked up on Mello Yello and Mexican Coca-Cola- Check
Fridge/freezer stuffed with food for the next week- Check
Paid bills- Check
Let battery in phone die so it can't interrupt me- Almost Check
Duct taped an ice pack to my head to freeze out my headache- Gimme one more sec... Check
Waiting anxiously on delivery guy to bring my game- Check, Check, freaking Check!

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:46 am

~~Buy game~~
~~Preload game~~
~~Determine traits, SPECIAL and perks~~ (my build is http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1120577-for-those-who-like-extensive-character-backstories/page__view__findpost__p__16485693)
~~Stock up on snacks~~
Unlock game & play

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:32 pm

delete lots of games in order to make room for install and its fall break for the whole week so i dont have to worry about anything

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:24 am

1. make it through school without running through the halls screaming "NCR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Pending
2. Get in car - probably gona miss the door
3. drive to GS
4. make it home without crashing while reading manual
5. plug in my xbox
6. take a smoke break
7. get snacks
8. take dump
9. put disc in with sterile gloves
10. start game
11. join NCR
12. cry when i have to goto bed

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:29 am

Got my stash of narcotics replenished today, I'll be ready to play whenever. \o/

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:58 am

3) diet red bull
4) roll a big fat joint for the opening scene
9) Roll another big fat joint.

DIET red bull? Are you insane?

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:18 am

Relax!
listen... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGbCFiqgmlE

Prep my system... For Maximum...

...too bad Steam doesn't offer a drive installation option...

Ultra! Real!

PS. Anyone know if you can save a copy of the real files? to a disk? or do I have to rely on Steam to be...

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:19 am

Seeing as I don't get the game until Thursday. I'll be leaving the forums tonight for a good month of NV time.

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:30 pm

1. Go to school
2. Go insane from waiting
3. Drive home.
4. Wait for dad to pick it up on his way home from work (I'm only 16, [censored]).
5. Play for hours
6. Fall asleep in every class the next day to make up for lack of sleep.
7. Repeat 5 and 6 for about a week until initial excitement wears off.

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:58 pm

Panic with anticipation for FNV and Vanquish - DONE
Leave around 10:30 to Gamestop - TO DO
Get my receipt stamped at Gamestop - TO DO
Go back to car and play Modern Combat 2 on my iPhone 4 - TO DO
Line up around 11:30 while continuing to play MC2 - TO DO
Chain smoke a days worth of cigarettes so no breaks are needed - TO DO
Obtain FNV and Vanquish - TO DO
Speed home without impaling self on guardrail - HOPE TO DO
Run into house, unwrap FNV and begin playing - TO DO
Wakeup at 8:40 to work from home and continue playing - TO DO

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:14 pm

I have to clean my room, thats about it. Call me strange; but if my room isn't clean I can't play a new game.. especially one like New Vegas.

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:11 pm

1. Wake Up
2. Go to School
3. Ask parents to pick up NV and the CE guide
4. Get home
5. Stare at NV box
6. Do homework
7. call my neighbors and tell them i cant come to take care of their dog
8. eat
9. Play NV

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:36 am

...play some more Quake 2 - Evolution

... to get in the mood.

Actually I'm watching Harry Potter 1.. I know..

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:35 pm

~~Get Snacks~~ Done
~~Get Pop~~ Done
Hook up v rocker chair, to be done tonight
~~Inform friends im selling my soul to this game for a week~~check
~~paid rent so i can waste money on game~~ check

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:25 am

1. Go to school. DONE
2. Go to work. DONE
3. Wait for my son to go to sleep. COMMENCING
4. Drive to Rosedale and wait in line.
5. Go to Taco Bell while I wait for midnight.
6. Make my bf drive real fast home.
7. Play until 6:45 and get ready for school and work.

» Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:31 pm

um i'm getting the game at two thirty tomorrow...cause if i call in, i would be um fired so have fun you lucky b******s